Jordan Rusche covers community news in rural North Dakota for the Tioga Tribune and The Journal in Crosby. She recently graduated from South Dakota State University in Brookings where she served as co-editor-in-chief of The Collegian, the student newspaper, and received a bachelor’s in English and journalism. Rusche also has held internships at South Dakota Public Broadcasting, doing general reporting on stories throughout the state, and 605 Magazine, covering South Dakota arts, entertainment and more. She was part of the 2022 Pulitzer Center Campus Consortium Fellowship reporting on Indigenous representation in education.
Beat: Rural communities in northwest North Dakota
This reporter covers city government, school boards and agriculture in the Tioga and Crosby areas in northwest North Dakota. Coverage includes spot news and enterprise for an engaged audience of our digital and social media sites and two print weeklies. The coverage area has a rich farming history as well as oil and gas producers.